Watching Burks last night made me realize how few of our guys seem to understand the idea of getting down in a defensive STANCE.
So why don't they do it? Does Cal not teach it?
Let's give Cal the benefit of the doubt and say he does. Are they tired? Can they not do it for the entire game, or is it just a concentration thing, where they forget what they're doing?
One idea might be for Cal to call a timeout at the 16 minute mark of each half. Pull the guys aside and say, "Okay for the next four minutes I want you to go all out, defensive stance, hop back and forth, don't let your man get by you, 100 percent effort. Lock these m'fers down! YOU DO NOT COME OUT OF THIS STANCE ON DEFENSE! I will sub you out in four minutes for some gatorade and the next group will do the same thing!" Then tell the next group the same thing. We actually have nine healthy guys to do this so he could sub out 4 guys.
That's EIGHT minutes per half of absolutely lock-down, blood in the eyes, bloody stumps for feet defense.
Should be enough to propel us on a run each half and secure the margin we need to coast to a victory.
If they can't do it for the whole game, maybe they can do it in segments?
Thoughts?
So why don't they do it? Does Cal not teach it?
Let's give Cal the benefit of the doubt and say he does. Are they tired? Can they not do it for the entire game, or is it just a concentration thing, where they forget what they're doing?
One idea might be for Cal to call a timeout at the 16 minute mark of each half. Pull the guys aside and say, "Okay for the next four minutes I want you to go all out, defensive stance, hop back and forth, don't let your man get by you, 100 percent effort. Lock these m'fers down! YOU DO NOT COME OUT OF THIS STANCE ON DEFENSE! I will sub you out in four minutes for some gatorade and the next group will do the same thing!" Then tell the next group the same thing. We actually have nine healthy guys to do this so he could sub out 4 guys.
That's EIGHT minutes per half of absolutely lock-down, blood in the eyes, bloody stumps for feet defense.
Should be enough to propel us on a run each half and secure the margin we need to coast to a victory.
If they can't do it for the whole game, maybe they can do it in segments?
Thoughts?